[02:54] <greg_g> schedule
[02:54] <greg_g> !schedule
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[02:54] <greg_g> @schedule
[02:54] <ubotu> Schedule for Etc/UTC: 16 Jul 22:00: Forum Council | 17 Jul 15:00: Ubuntu Server Team meeting | 17 Jul 19:00: Technical Board | 18 Jul 20:00: Edubuntu | 19 Jul 20:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 24 Jul 15:00: Kernel Team
[02:54] <greg_g> @schedule Detroit
[02:54] <ubotu> Schedule for America/Detroit: 16 Jul 18:00: Forum Council | 17 Jul 11:00: Ubuntu Server Team meeting | 17 Jul 15:00: Technical Board | 18 Jul 16:00: Edubuntu | 19 Jul 16:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 24 Jul 11:00: Kernel Team
[04:36] <j_ack> @schedule Berlin
[04:36] <ubotu> Schedule for Europe/Berlin: 17 Jul 00:00: Forum Council | 17 Jul 17:00: Ubuntu Server Team meeting | 17 Jul 21:00: Technical Board | 18 Jul 22:00: Edubuntu | 19 Jul 22:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 24 Jul 17:00: Kernel Team
[08:32] <Hobbsee> @schedule sydney
[08:32] <ubotu> Schedule for Australia/Sydney: 17 Jul 08:00: Forum Council | 18 Jul 01:00: Ubuntu Server Team meeting | 18 Jul 05:00: Technical Board | 19 Jul 06:00: Edubuntu | 20 Jul 06:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 25 Jul 01:00: Kernel Team
[10:55] <Meyvn> isn't there supposed to be a meeting now?
[10:56] <simira> @schedule
[10:56] <ubotu> Schedule for Etc/UTC: 16 Jul 22:00: Forum Council | 17 Jul 15:00: Ubuntu Server Team meeting | 17 Jul 19:00: Technical Board | 18 Jul 20:00: Edubuntu | 19 Jul 20:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 24 Jul 15:00: Kernel Team
[10:56] <ubuntugeek> 1 hour from now
[10:56] <simira> uh, 5 mins?
[10:56] <simira> oh, right
[10:56] <simira> summertime
[10:57] <ubuntugeek> that got me too :)
[10:58] <Meyvn> ;)
[11:01] <Meyvn> I'm not part of the forum council, am I supposed to leave the channel?
[11:01] <Mithrandir> no
[11:01] <Meyvn> ok
[11:01] <Mithrandir> well, you're of course free to, but you're welcome to attend the meeting, just either be quiet or productive
[11:02] <Meyvn> it's my first meeting, so should be interesting to listen and see how things are done
[11:04] <stgraber> Some people here (like me) are on that channel 24/24 and when they have time simply follow a meeting or another, it's a really good way to learn interesting new things
[11:05] <Meyvn> stgraber: I agree completely.
[11:05] <forumsmatthew> everyone is welcome to be here during the meeting
[11:22] <Meyvn> shouldn't the meeting have already started?
[11:22] <stgraber> @time
[11:22] <stgraber> @now
[11:23] <ubotu> Current time in Etc/UTC: July 16 2007, 21:23:04 - Next meeting: Forum Council in 36 minutes
[11:23] <ubotu> Current time in Etc/UTC: July 16 2007, 21:23:05 - Next meeting: Forum Council in 36 minutes
[11:23] <stgraber> didn't know which one was the correct one, seems like both are :)
[11:25] <Meyvn> hmm seems like I won't be able to attend sadly, it's almost 11:25 PM here and I have a Ruby on Rails workshop early in the morning
[11:27] <Meyvn> goodnight!
[11:27] <stgraber> good night Meyvn
[11:52] <MikeB-> greetings
[11:52] <forumsmatthew> hello
[11:52] <MikeB-> get UG message about being late?
[11:53] <compiledkernel> yep
[11:53] <compiledkernel> sure did
[11:53] <Vorian> hey hey hey
[11:53] <forumsmatthew> yeah
[11:57] <jdong> yeah
[11:57] <jdong> he will be quite a bit late
[11:57] <jdong> I spoke with him moments ago
[11:58] <forumsmatthew> kiwi is on his way
[11:58] <Vorian> hi ronnietucker :)
[11:58] <MikeB-> excellent, glad Kiwi can make it
[11:58] <ronnietucker> hi Vorian  :)
[11:58] <Vorian> darkog, are you around?
[11:58] <Vorian> w00t! KiwiNZ :)
[11:58] <forumsmatthew> welcome!
[11:59] <MikeB-> greet Kiwi
[11:59] <KiwiNZ> Greetings folks I have escaped a meeting at work
[11:59] <forumsmatthew> 4/5 are here. again, ubuntu-geek will be quite late
[11:59] <forumsmatthew> shall we get going?
[11:59] <MikeB-> sounds like a plan
[11:59] <KiwiNZ> yep
[11:59] <forumsmatthew> Vorian...what's first?
[12:00] <Vorian> Full Circle Magazine
[12:00] <Vorian> Application for 3rd Party Forum.
[12:00] <Vorian> ronnietucker, you are up :)
[12:00] <ronnietucker> Hi all, thanks Vorian
[12:00] <forumsmatthew> what can we do for you?
[12:00] <Vorian> sorry forgot to post the agenda
[12:00] <Vorian> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncilAgenda
[12:00] <ronnietucker> well, UbuntuForums helped give birth to FullCircle and we'd like to apply for a 3rd Party forum
[12:01] <ronnietucker> we do have a forum at the moment but ideally we'd like to get rid of it and use the 3rd Party forum instead
[12:01] <KiwiNZ> I am impressed with fullcircle its a credit to its creators
[12:01] <ronnietucker> (since most of our forum members are members on UF anyway)
[12:01] <forumsmatthew> anyone have any questions?
[12:01] <Vorian> ronnietucker, who will you want to assist you as a moderator of your forum?
[12:01] <ronnietucker> thanks KiwiNZ, couldn't have done it without UF's help in the first place
[12:01] <MikeB-> what would the forum be used for, feedback to the magazine, communication between writers?
[12:02] <ronnietucker> i'd like to be linuxgeekery, he's our admin for web stuff
[12:02] <KiwiNZ> Will members be able to submit stories through a 3rd party forum
[12:02] <ronnietucker> we'd like to use it more for reader assistance.
[12:03] <ronnietucker> mrmonday is our IRC guy and he's always helping people out on IRC so he'd also be seen in there quite a bit helping people
[12:03] <ronnietucker> KiwiNZ: if they want to yep
[12:03] <jdong> sorry, stepping out for about 2min
[12:04] <forumsmatthew> anyone have any other questions, thoughts, or concerns about the idea?
[12:04] <ronnietucker> we accept articles from any angle then put them up on our private wiki for proof-reading
[12:04] <KiwiNZ> I have no concerns
[12:04] <MikeB-> none hear, strong +1 from me
[12:04] <forumsmatthew> I'm in with a huge +1
[12:04] <KiwiNZ> yep has my vote
[12:05] <forumsmatthew> shall we give jdong a chance to chime in, even though the vote has passed?
[12:05] <Vorian> majority has it either way forumsmatthew :)
[12:05] <KiwiNZ> only if he makes the coffee
[12:05] <ronnietucker> i'll stay for the duration of the meeting if anyone else wants to ask anything?
[12:06] <MikeB-> great, we will ask jdong when he returns
[12:06] <forumsmatthew> cool. glad to have you around ronnietucker
[12:06] <forumsmatthew> we can move to the next item
[12:06] <MikeB-> yep
[12:06] <Vorian> Is anyone here for the Partners Lounge?
[12:06] <ronnietucker> no problem
[12:06] <ronnietucker> thanks forumsmatthew
[12:07] <MikeB-> anyone?
[12:07] <Vorian> Ubuntu Partners Lounge
[12:07] <Vorian> and other people trying to work and deploy ubuntu into the enterprise environment can discuss and share knowledge.
[12:07] <Vorian> hold on a sec
[12:07] <Vorian> there is a thread on the forum too
[12:08] <Vorian> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2906525#post2906525
[12:08] <KiwiNZ> brb phone
[12:09] <Vorian> I think its a good idea
[12:09] <PriceChild> What are "SME markets"?
[12:09] <Burgundavia> PriceChild: small medium enterprises
[12:09] <forumsmatthew> it's not a bad idea. Do we have anyone around who would want to take responsibility for the forum?
[12:09] <PriceChild> thanks Burgundavia
[12:09] <compiledkernel> small business to medium business modles PriceChild
[12:09] <forumsmatthew> other than general moderation
[12:09] <compiledkernel> models even
[12:09] <KiwiNZ> back
[12:10] <PriceChild> thanks compiledkernel :)
[12:11] <forumsmatthew> I think the idea is okay, but if there isn't anyone around to get it off the ground, I'm not sure it is something worth starting
[12:11] <Vorian> forumsmatthew, I'll email him and see if he can make it ASAP :)
[12:12] <forumsmatthew> Vorian is looking for the person who recommended the idea
[12:12] <MikeB-> sounds like an interesting idea,   but the server area of the forum covers a lot of what this would do
[12:12] <forumsmatthew> shall we give him a minute to see if he can be found?
[12:12] <MikeB-> let move on, and see if he shows up later
[12:13] <forumsmatthew> MikeB-, +1
[12:13] <forumsmatthew> what's next on the agenda?
[12:13] <Vorian> how about your issue MikeB-?
[12:13] <forumsmatthew> I kind of started that, based on conversations among the staff
[12:13] <MikeB-> fine, unless there are launchpad people who are waiting?
[12:13] <forumsmatthew> MikeB-, good call
[12:14] <mrevell> MikeB-: I'm here but will fit your agenda :)
[12:14] <forumsmatthew> let's discuss the Launchpad stuff first
[12:14] <mrevell> Shall I go ahead, then?
[12:14] <forumsmatthew> please
[12:14] <MikeB-> agreed, go ahead Matt
[12:14] <mrevell> Hello everyone! I work for Canonical in the Launchpad team.
[12:14] <mrevell> I'm here to get your thoughts on how we can start to make Launchpad and the Ubuntu Forums work together more closely.
[12:14] <mrevell> As you probably know, the Ubuntu wiki already uses Launchpad to authenticate users.
[12:15] <mrevell> This makes it easier for wiki users because they only have one username and password to remember for both Launchpad and the wiki.
[12:15] <mrevell> In the Launchpad team, we think that a similar arrangement would be useful to the Ubuntu Forums.
[12:15] <mrevell> We're proposing that the Ubuntu Forums use Launchpad to authenticate users. So, within time, Ubuntu Forums users would use their Launchpad username and password to log into the forums.
[12:15] <mrevell> Initially, I want to let you know what we have in mind and to get your feedback. If you're happy with what I suggest, then obviously I need to get your approval and your requirements.
[12:15] <mrevell> The first thing to say is that our proposal is based around one main aim:
[12:16] <mrevell> to minimise the impact on Ubuntu Forums users and staff.
[12:16] <mrevell> So, that means the Launchpad team would do all the heavy lifting.
[12:16] <mrevell> To get this to work, we think we'd need to do the following:
[12:16] <mrevell> * Create a custom plugin for VBulletin that lets it communicate with Launchpad to authenticate users.
[12:16] <mrevell> * Update Launchpad to communicate with the custom VBulleting plugin.
[12:16] <mrevell> * During a time-frame to be decided by the Forums Council, forums users are able to link the forums id to their Launchpad account. If a forum user doesn't have a Launchpad account, we'll create a new one for them
[12:17] <mrevell> * After the account claiming period, the current style of logging into the forums is switched off and all forums users have to log in using their Launchpad account.
[12:17] <mrevell> Account claiming will be manual and will not use the Launchpad id filed in the forums user profiles.
[12:17] <mrevell> So, timescales.
[12:17] <mrevell> We can have the VBulletin plugin ready as early as the end of this month.
[12:17] <mrevell> Assuming you're good to go on the proposal, we'd need your requirements for how you want this to work.